$2 Billion Aircraft Gets O.K.
Washington April 13 The House appropriations group quickly approved a $2,376,100,000 military funding package to accelerate aviation output. Funds earmarked for Air Forces and Navy plan buying total about $2 billion with immediate availability and no overall military spending increase. Air Secretary Symington spoke on Russia’s air fleet while draft age and universal military training were discussed by Senate and House committees.
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Washington
Congress
Air Forces
Navy
House Appropriations Group
Truman
White House
Russia
Army
Bil
Russ
Symington
House ‘Armed Services Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
House Committee
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Committee
County Schools Seek Additional Funds From Supervisors
Frederick county school board with Supt. Leslie D. Kline asked the board of supervisors for 51,396 in general funds for 1948-49, plus 12,000 to match state funds for higher teacher salaries. The request would raise teachers’ pay by about 18 dollars monthly. Also discussed were raises for County Agent Stine, welfare budget, and a new building permit ordinance as construction surges.
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Frederick County School Board
Leslie D. Kline
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Kline
C. E. Bass
G. H. Richard
C. E. Pingley
Pon? Cather
Frederick County Welfare Board
Fred Stine
John Wolfe
M. J. Pease
H. T. Snapp
H. M
Jane Gross
Supt
Walker Bond
We*ster
Former Braddock Street Pastor Richardson Dies in Salem
Dr. F. M. Richardson, who led Braddock Street Methodist church from 1917 to 1922, died last night at his Salem home. The death was reported to J. W. Rolsenberger via telegram, and Richardson was well known to many local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock St. Methodist Church
Salem
J. W. Rolsenberger
Education Dominates State General Fund, Byrd Says
State Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr told the Exchange Club that more than 50 percent of Virginia's general fund budget goes to education. He reviewed the two year budget of $511 million, noting $140 million acts as a merchandising fund for the Alcoholic Beverage Control board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Byrd
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Exchange Club
General Assembly
Winchester
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
State Treasury
Mrs Wallace, Mother Of Candidate, Dies
Mrs May Wallace, 80, mother of Henry A Wallace, third party presidential candidate and former vice president, died yesterday at her Des Moines home following illness. The obituary notes she was the mother of four children and lists her extended family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
May Wallace
Henry A. Allace
Berryville Church Scholarship Awarded to W E Barnett
First Baptist Berryville awarded the Julian D. Broaddus Memorial scholarship to William E. Barnett, son of Mr and Mrs Edward N Barnett. Barnett, a University of Richmond fall 1946 entrant and former Navy discharge, majors in sociology and receives full tuition. The church also plans a $4000 yearly fund raise for new educational facilities. three years hence funds will support building work per the Baptist Sunday School board. A WW II honor roll and service flag will be removed from the vestibule and presented to survivors or kin at the May 30 memorial service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church of
Berryville
Julian D. Broaddus
William E. Barnett
Edward N. Barnett
University of Richmond
Navy
Baptist Sunday School Board
Youth Rally Set For Winchester Methodist District Session
The 82nd annual Winchester district session convenes at 10 30 a m Thursday in Elkton Virginia with Rev Forest B Oglesby presiding All pastors are asked to attend The noon sermon on The Spiritual Power of the Church will be by Dr C C Bell A youth rally follows at 8 p m led by Dr J J Rives More than 300 youths are expected to attend Delegates from Braddock Street Market Street Montague Avenue and Frederick Clarke County churches are listed with several officers named.
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Winchester
the Methodist Church
Elkton
Forest B. Oglesby
Methodist Church
R. Kern Butsler
C. C. Bell
Lynchburg
Virginia
Elkton Church
J.J. Rives
Cork St. Methodist Church
Christ
Oglesby
Braddock St. Methodist Church
J.H. Rosenberger
Norval Hottel
C. O. Lanahan
H. W. Ebert Sr
D. C. Lichliter
Market St. Methodist
E. W. Argenbright
J. A. Stretchberry
A. C. Halvosa
Mervel Adams
W. R. Johnson
Montague Ave
J. W. Newcome
W. L. McKay
Preston Place
R. O. Daugherty
Frederick
Clarke County
North Frederick
M.S. Snapp
W. T. Anderson
B. F. Strother
Brucetown
W. E. Swimley
Guy McDonald
George Yeakley
H. G.owens
J. J. Livengood
Jack Russell
H.N
Ritter
White Post
A. L. Jobe
A. C. Kirby
Ashton Tavenner
Gil's Body Returned For Reinterment
Pvt. James Edward Berger of Stephens City a Negro veteran killed in France on Aug 22 1944 will be buried at 4 p m tomorrow in National cemetery. Born Dec 15 1915 in Roanoke Va he was son of Annie Washington Berger and the late James Berger. Before service he worked for Grove Lime Co Stephens City and was a Methodist church member. Berger 28 when killed served with the Army engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edward Berger
Stephens City
France
National Cemetery
Pvt
Bergr
Roanoke
Annie Washington Berger
James Berger
Grove Lime Co
Methodist Church
Berger
The
Army Engineers
Petersburg Chief Grand Marshal in Firemen's Parade
Fire Chief J N Farmer of Petersburg Virginia is named grand marshal for the Apple Blossom Festival firemens parade on April 29. He leads in a newly built fire chief car, with parade lineup and safety plan announced by Director John Boyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.N. Farmer
Petersburg
John Boyd
Farmer
Virginia Fire Chiefs’ Assn
Boyd
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Assn
Friendship
Rouss
Sarah Zane
Middletown
Stephens City
Clearbrook
South End
Metropolitan Police Band
Washington
Montgomery-Blair HS
Richmond
Broadway
Williamsport Md
Dundalk Md
Martinsburg
Warrenton
Greencastle Pa
Woodstock Hamilton Va
College Park
United Fire Co
Frederick
Culpeper
Williamspot Jr. Fire Co
Hagerstown
Berryville
Bill Armel
Lawrence Lichliter
Virginia 5 Day Weather Outlook Apr 14 18
Five day forecast for Virginia calls for temperatures two to four degrees above normal. Expect mild conditions Wednesday and Thursday and warmer Friday and Saturday. A cooler trend Sunday. Showers likely Wednesday and again late Saturday or Sunday, totaling about half to one inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Gadgets Devised By Jefferson Filled His Great House
Thomas Jefferson, born 205 years ago today, would have amazed the modern housewife with his gadget passion. He designed Monticello and filled surrounding fields with inventions, including a folding ladder, revolving chair, a hemp break, an odometer, and a skull museum. He tracked yearly natural events and introduced Merino sheep, nectarines, and pomegranates to Virginia. He also designed university buildings.
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Jefferson
New York
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Monticello
Tom
America
Vurginia
University
University Marks Anniversary With Talk by Historian
Charlottsville April 13 P Julian P K Boyd Princeton university librarian and Jeffersonian scholar spoke at the University of Virginia Founders Day ceremony honoring Jefferson and the 205th anniversary of the university’s birth. Boyd credited Jefferson’s belief in an empire of liberty and a common destiny rooted in the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Julian P. K. Boyd
Princeton University
Jefferson
Boyd
University of Virginia
Coal Miners Return to Pits as Output Rises to 75 Percent
Pittsburgh dispatch reports thousands of United Mine Workers returning after a 29 day strike. Production reach 75 percent in some areas while many pits remained idle including U S Steel and Jones & Laughlin. Some miners waited on court contempt charges against John L Lewis and local union meetings.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
UMW
Wiliamson
W. Va
Bluefield
Pocahontas Operaors Alsn
Memorial for Late Senator Cather at Winchester Hospital
Mrs. Cather and daughters raise 3000 for Winchester Memorial Hospital building fund in memory of state senator T Russell Cather. He served in Virginia Senate 1931 to 1939, lived in Winchester 30 years, and held prominent legal and civic roles before his 1944 death. The fund chair hailed the memorial as a lasting community tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Russell Cather
Cather
Virginia Senate
Frederick County
Winchester
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit
Handley Board of Trustees
W. Nelson Page
Memorial Gifts Committee
Greater
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Memorial’ Hospital
Clearbrook Fire Company names new directors and officers
Henry B. Cline, Douglas J. OConnell and William Boden elected directors with W H Lawrie Jr re elected president at the annual meeting. New officers include Walker Bond vice president D K Russell secretary Frances Mason assistant secretary O M Swimsey treasurer Henry B Cline assistant treasurer and D J OConnell fire chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Cline
Douglas J. O'Connell
Wiliam
Boden
W. H. Lawriece Jr
Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Dept
Walker McC. Bond
D. K. Russell
Frances Mason
O.M. Swimsey
Tresurer
D. J. O Connell
Cline
O'Connell
Albert Robinson
John Jolliffe
E. Earl Shade
DM. Swimsey
Claude T. Gore
C. Irvine Cather
Bond
Lawrence
Clearbrook
Dixie Democrats Keep Plans Secret
Southern Democratic chieftains closed a two day parley in Atlanta without revealing strategy against President Truman's civil rights program. They promised to disclose plans later as the political battle develops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Democrats
Atlanta
Marshall Plan Means War Says Soviet Official
In Berlin on April 13 Colonel Sergei Tulpanov, political and information chief of the Soviet military administration in Germany, condemned the Marshall Plan as war making. He told a German youth meeting that the plan serves greedy American monopolists and pledges division of Germany and Europe, likening Truman to Goering.
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Berlin
Sergei Tulpanov
Germany
Truman
Hermann Goering
Tulpanov
Zeitz
Saxony
Europe
Lions Approve Daylight Saving Time Change
Winchester Lions back daylight saving time adoption this summer to boost recreation opportunities. Motion by Harold Sheetz, seconded by William Battaile, approved unanimously at a luncheon. Action to be sent to City Council. Dr J A Troxell spoke as Medical Advisory board member of the local Tuberculosis Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Lions Club
Harold Sh@etz
C. A. Hobert
City Recreation Commission
Sheetz
Wiliam Battaile
J. A. Troxell
Stewart Bell Jr
Grace Kelly
The
Winchester Tuberculosis Assn
Troxell
Assn
Government Service Postal Workers Pay Raise Bill Okayed
The House civil service committee approved two bills to grant raises for government civil service workers and postal employees. One bill would add 468 dollars yearly for salaried civil servants plus 25 cents an hour for hourly workers. the other 585 dollars yearly for postmasters and salaried postal workers plus 30 cents an hour for hourly staff. Raises set to take effect May 1 if passed by both House and Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Civil Service Committee
House
Senate
Rexall sale four big days April 14 to 17
Community ad announces Rexall sale spanning April 14 to 17 with emphasis on bigger and better deals. Brook's Pharmacy promotes furniture savings and Kurtz's 80th anniversary sale ongoing, highlighting bargains in home goods and celebratory discounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brook’s Pharmacy
Kurtz
Nation Gains Power to Check Reds in Unions
A three judge court upheld two Taft Hartley provisions requiring union officers to swear they are not communists and unions to file financial statements. The ruling applies to unions using NLRB machinery, while unions not using NLRB cannot gain exclusive bargaining status. The CIO National Maritime Union filed the case.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Wilbur K. Miller
Bolitha J. Laws
HE. Barrett Prettyman
CIO National Maritime Union
Congress
Ben Moore
Moore
Supreme Court
Eee Bas Peals
Ouy Supreme Court
U. & Circuit Courts of Appeals
Robert N. Peahon
New York
Showery Mild Days Forecast by Weatherman
The weatherman forecasts continued mild showery weather with up to an inch more rain this week. Rainfall has delayed spring plowing but mostly soaks into ground and stores moisture in subsoil for dryer weeks ahead. Excellent yields of apples peaches and late cherries persist while pastures grow and grain from last fall looks fine.
Virginia colonial bounties for enemy Indians 1755 58
The Virginia General Assembly set official prices for enemy Indians killed or captured within the colony from 1755 to 1758, with payments delayed until years later for 1757 and 1758 bounties. The act also made killing a friendly Indian a felony.
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Virginia General Assembly
Indiana
Henning
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House Group
General Fund
Braddock St
Richardson
W.E. Barnett
Metodist
Gil
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Clearbrook Fire Company
Lions
Rexall Ie Sale
Scalp Market
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